Comments on: NFL confirms Wes Welker’s hit on Aqib Talib was legalhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/22/nfl-confirms-wes-welkers-hit-on-aqib-talib-was-legal/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:21:50 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: lanman11http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/22/nfl-confirms-wes-welkers-hit-on-aqib-talib-was-legal/#comment-3113693
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:59:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3113693Here’s hoping the LOB levels Bobblehead Welker. It wasn’t as block. It was a crosscheck. It was a penalty, and he went low for a reason. Why would a guy with concussion problems go low and risk being knee’d in the head and get another concussion?
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:44:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3113428I’m a die-hard, season ticket holding Bronco fan. NFL got this one wrong. It should have been a 10-yard PI penalty on Wes. I don’t believe for a minute, though, that he was trying to hurt Talib.
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:51:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3112734Quit crying Bill and lose gracefully…
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:07:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3112576Legal or not, if Walker pulls that crap on the Legion of Boom he will eat his dinner with a straw.
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 06:38:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3111339If the “worst thing I [Belichick] ever saw” was legal in the eyes of the on-field refs and the NFL honchos, what has he been watching all these years? He’s never seen a helmet ripped off? A guy getting nut-stomped? Helmeted Erik Walden head-butting a helmetless Delaney Walker? It surprised me when BB went to that extreme with his comments; even more so now. He’s usually such a level-headed guy and 99.9% of the time he’s right.

And… if the league does change things to make this illegal next year, we can honestly say there are TWO rule changes made purely as the result of the Pats public whining, the Brady Rule (no QB hits below knee) and the Talib Rule, compared to NONE for the Colts (when the league just reminded the refs in 2004 to enforce the rules already on the books about downfield contact). Pats fans have griped about Polian leaning on the comp committee for a decade now, but no rules changed as a result; the refs were simply told to do their jobs better (much like fans have been screaming to the refs all season).

I think that would deserve an irony-infused BWA-HA-HA.

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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 06:36:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3111337Makes sense one of the biggest winners would be the sorest loser. I guess they equal out. That’s why everyone hates the Pats
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 06:22:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3111326Why is an illegal pick play only legal if a Peyton lead team does it? I guess probably the same reason his oline is allowed to false start every play and run illegal motion
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 04:37:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3111186I have to admit….I hate these pick plays! Wide receivers should win their battle straight up…not with rub routes.
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:14:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3111046Bottom line is it may be a legal play but it puts a defensive back at risk and should be addressed.
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:09:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110884Clean.
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:42:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-31108171st the hoodie is not backed by the NFL and now the Commish is going to take away the extra point? Boy, both Bill and the Gramatica’s are going to be furious. #betrayed
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:05:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110741Him and Percy are real GLASSY!!
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:52:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110717But the hoodie is a genius! How can he be wrong!
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:26:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110659NFL got this wrong. He hit him before the ball got there, and it was clearly a pick. Hope they don’t get away with this crap in the SB. If they try this against the Seattle DBs, it will be the Bronco receivers knocked out of the game.
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Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:10:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110616Good luck attempting your pick against Sherman.
Hope the special concussion helmet has extra padding, cause you’ll need it Wes.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:58:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110580Every team runs pick plays. Get over it. The ball was out of mannings hands when talib was hit. Thats all that matters. It doesnt matter at all if thomas had it or not. Deal with it. Belichek should know, he teaches the play.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:57:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110570Well hey, if pick plays are now legal everyone should use them.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:53:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110547I guess Bill won’t be watching the Super Bowl either.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:48:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110528The Pats have been running this same type of play as much if not more than most teams.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:48:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110527I hate the Pats, BUT if you actually go back and look at it (rather than just loving/hating Belichick) you’ll CLEARLY see that Welker took him out before the ball touches the WR and should have been Offensive PI. It wasn’t any kind of personal foul, but definitely PI on Welker per the “current rules”. …not sure what they are looking at. And again I hate the pats.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:45:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110512It will be just a little different when Welker goes to take out a 6′ 3″ CB. And God forbid he tries to take out Kam Chancellor.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:38:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110485Look at the video: Welker does indeed hit Talib before the ball is secured by Thomas. Saying otherwise is false.

NFL probably called it “legal” just to quiet the debate and help direct focus onto the Super Bowl. Plus, I don’t think they mind contradicting Belichick, since he’s probably not their favorite guy.

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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:32:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110466if a defender can get there right when the ball does, why shouldn’t a receiver be able to do it?
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:27:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110446Those 5’9” guys have got to stop going over the middle and beating up those big ol’ D-backs.

That ain’t real football.

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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:23:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110422I wonder if his hit on Sherman, coming up, will be legal too.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:22:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110417Somewhere Brady is stomping his feet.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:20:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110408awesome now do it to sherman
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:19:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110405So, let me get this straight… Belichick thinks a legal play is the worst he’s ever seen. Sounds about right.
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:19:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110403I can see where it didn’t draw a fine, but how is it legal to run a pick play?
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Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:17:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2239487#comment-3110397Maybe BB can eat himself out of his misery with his sour grapes.
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